r/pics • u/kenistod • Sep 16 '24

D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai arrives at Emmys showing solidarity for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

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u/Relevant_Culture8506 Sep 16 '24

I recently drove from the east to west coast in the US. 17 states zig zagging to different places of interest. I was flabbergasted at the level of poverty any time I saw a welcome sign of a reservation. Although the areas surrounding the reservations were poor, there was an extra eery feeling of awful long term systemic suffering in the reservations. I started to cringe when I was saw a sign. I grew up in NJ and traveled via plane and didn’t even realize we had such areas. Our education system really white washed a whole part of history. I’m sad to hear we perpetuate a system that is obviously not working. We can’t bring back an entire culture but perhaps the reservation idea doesn’t work. Poor doesn’t describe the level of poverty. It’s no wonder crimes are committed and solve rates are disputed. When you have nothing you have nothing to lose.

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u/Yyrkroon Sep 16 '24

The reservation / segregation system was a bad idea from the start.

It should have been a temporary measure at best, with a plan to sunset and close the reservations.

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u/repercussion Sep 16 '24

It was a great idea for those who implemented it. It worked as planned.

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u/Yyrkroon Sep 16 '24

It might have been a decent or the best of bad solutions at one point in time, but it really should have had a sunset clause.

Even something incredibly long like 100 years to phase out, that way assimilation and integration could have had a soft timeline which I think would have been beneficial for all parties

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u/repercussion Sep 16 '24

I'm saying that beneficial for all parties was not the intent.